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"GameBoy is for 10 year olds"

It appears that Nokia has been talking trash about Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, in a bid to gain a foothold in the portable gaming system genre. Launching worldwide on October 7th, Nokia's N-Gage, all-in-one, portable game system, cellphone, PDA.
The N-Gage will retail for upwards of $299, and each game card will cost about $30-$40. So far Sega, Taito, THQ, Eidos, Activision and others have games on the way, and Nokia is also working on their own original content.

"GameBoy is for 10-year-olds. If you're 20 or 25 years old, it's probably not a good idea to draw a GameBoy out of your pocket on a Friday night in a public space," the head of Nokia's entertainment division, Ilkka Raiskinen said. Raiskinen claims the cost of developing a game is roughly between $100,000 and $ 500,000, and that developers will receive royalty fees of up to 70% for each game, though some will be paid a flat fee.

If the N-Gage takes off as a viable platform, you will be sure to see some reviews and impressions here at GA.

But I kind of see their point.. I mean, I own a GBA, and it's not something I'd whip out in like a bar or anything. But for ten year olds? It's friendly for everyone of all ages, I don't see how that suddenly translates into "GBA iz 4 TEH KIDZ!!!!1111".

This is just Nokia knowing their product is ass, and is trying to guilt people into buying their excuse for machinery.

I play mine in public. Lets say I'm waiting for the lightrail to arrive. Blam, out comes the SP and I'll be playing. Now if I'm at a place that has a lot of people, I'm not gonna be non-social, so I won't even bring it. There is a difference there, and Nokia isn't acknowledging it.